Thunderstorm Wind in Vance County, North Carolina

Power outages were due to downed trees along Thomas Rd near Bullocksville.

Two rounds of severe weather moved through central NC on the 27th of May tied to a deep upper-level low pressure system over the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and an approaching cold front from the Tennessee Valley. The first round of storms was focused along a low-level moisture transport axis in the morning, producing strong straight line winds across the northern half of central North Carolina, along with flash flooding concerns over the western Piedmont and urban areas in the northeast Piedmont. The second round of storms formed along a pre-frontal convergence axis in the afternoon and early evening, stretching from Granville to Scotland County. A cluster of storms organized into a storm complex, which produced local flooding over the Sandhills into southern Wake County and a strong mesocyclone over the Raleigh metro area.